Barnes v. Belsaas
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kittitas county, Preble, J., entered April 23, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
This action was brought for the purpose of quieting title to the right to use the waters of Manastash creek.
The plaintiffs were forty-six in number, and the defendants fifteen. Manastash creek rises in the mountains west of the Kittitas Valley, and flows through a canyon until it enters the valley, thence through the valley to the Yakima river. The plaintiffs are the owners of farm lands in the valley tributary to the creek, and they and their predecessors in interest have appropriated water from the creek for irrigation purposes. It was stipulated upon the trial that the *206plaintiffs or their…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Olding v. StampflyWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- Miller v. Lake Irrigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902
3Cited by3 opinions
- Madison v. McNealWashington Supreme Court · 1933
- West Side Irr. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917
- Smith v. NechanickyWashington Supreme Court · 1923